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The One Ring Forums:
Tolkien Topics: TV Discussion: The Rings of Power:
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Chen G.
Mithlond
Jul 12 2020, 9:03pm
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TV isn't qualitatively different to cinema: both are visual media at their core. So while there is the quantitive difference of TV accomodating a longer overall runtime, it still requires changes to be made to the source material, which is why TV adaptations aren't really that much more "faithful" than film adaptations. Look at the changes made to Game of Thrones, for a recent reference.
People dreaming about TV making for a better adaptations of The Lord of the Rings trilogy are doing just that - dreaming, or at least subscribing to wishful thinking.
The story of The Lord of the Rings is done with. As much as people like to point out Hollywood's propensity to remake its classics, it rarely remakes true classic, even when there's a source material just waiting to be re-interperated. There's a reason we haven't seen a remake of The Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Godfather or The Silence of the Lambs. The legacy of those films AS FILMS prohibits them from being remade, and the same - I wager - would prove true of The Lord of the Rings in the decades to come.
(This post was edited by Chen G. on Jul 12 2020, 9:07pm)
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Post edited by Chen G.
(Mithlond) on Jul 12 2020, 9:04pm
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Post edited by Chen G.
(Mithlond) on Jul 12 2020, 9:07pm
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